The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Pentecostalism...is it Biblical?

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Then why not stay a Pentecostal ?

If you were a secure Christian saved by His blood , then why leave ?

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Are we back to this again, Howard? Why is it you cannot accept the truth that salvation is by GRACE, through FAITH, in CHRIST...... ALONE!!!???

When God saves a sinner, he is just that; a sinner. If only those who had a Ph.D in theology and a perfect theology at that, WHO would be saved? Salvation is of the LORD and not of Howard. It is HE, Who sits in the heavens Who determines when, where and by what means to call HIS elect to faith. We, on the other hand, are responsible to preach the pure Gospel to everyone, everywhere. We are going to be held accountable for preaching/teaching/believing wrong doctrine. But the truth is, as much as it surely pains you to hear it, people outside of the "perfect Calvinistic camp" ARE SAVED. There isn't ONE single individual I can possibly think of, outside of perhaps yourself, that needs to grow in grace in so many areas of their life, including knowledge of the Scriptures and it's truth. Even Paul had to be taken personally by Christ and tutored privately for 3 years before he got his theology straightened out. Would you suggest that Paul wasn't saved on the Damascus Road when the Lord Christ first struck him down? Do you believe that it wasn't until AFTER Paul was released from "school" where he learned to cast off all the errors he had previously believed, all the misinterpretations of Scripture he had been taught and embraced for years . . . before he became a "real" Christian?

May I humbly suggest you spend a little more time examining YOURSELF and less time attempting to "sift chaff from the wheat".

In His Grace,